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BRUSH. No. 349,673. Patented Sept. 21,1886.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I MILO THOMPSON, OF LANSINGBURG, NEW YORK.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349.673, dated p m fl. 1886- I Application filed December 3, 1885. SerialNo. 184,563. (No model.)

Be it known that I, MILo THOMPSON, a resident of Lansingburg, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and' I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in brushes.

The object of my invention is to make use of the bristles and wires, by which the bristles are held in the brush -head, to firmly secure the handle and back cover upon the head.

My invention consists in drawing the bristles into apertures made through the head and an inserted handle, whereby the bristles serve as pins to retain the handle in its place, and in securing to the head the back which covers and protects the bristles in the head by a border-line of stitching formed from the wire which secures the bristles in the head.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan view of the back of a finished brush. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the face of the brush-head with the bristles and handle removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the handle detached. Fig. 4 is a crosssection taken at the broken line a j in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross-section at broken line x g in Fig. 2.

A is the head of the brush, provided on one edge udth an aperture, A, adapted to receive the handle B.

- O G are bunches of bristles,which are drawn through apertures a a, and secured in the head by the wire I). The back cover D is shown unfastened and turned up at one corner to exhibit the apertures for the bristles in the head and the retaining-wires concealed by the cover. I have shown the handle-aperture in the edge of the head beveled and cut through one side of the head, the handle being adapted to fit the aperture, though it is evident the aperture might be round, square, or of any desired shape, the shape of the end of the handle to be inserted therein being of a shape to correspond.

In constructing the brush, the handle is first inserted in the head, after which the apertures a are made through the head and handle, the bristles are drawn into the apertures to the position shown in Fig. 4., the back cover, preferably made of leather, applied to the back and secured thereon by the wires employed to secure the outer rows of bristles. The back may be additionally secured by glue,when desired. The outer rows of wires passing up through the cover not only secure it firmly upon the head, but serve to give it a neat and finished appearance. The bristles, which pass through both the head and handle, serve to secure the handle firmly inthe head, and prevent it from working loose or falling out, thus obviating the necessity of other devices to secure the two WVitnesses:

L. H. GROESBEOK, THOMAS Moss. 

